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Shropshire council ‘failed’ to pay carer who quit job to support wife
Shropshire Council has failed to pay £60,000 to a man forced to quit his job to care for his wife, a government watchdog has said.
The payment was one of four recommendations made by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), which criticised the authority in May for failing to properly support the man.
Now it has released a further report recommending the cash is handed over.
The BBC has asked Shropshire Council for a response.
NHS care at home for elderly and disabled quietly slashed by a third
Huge pressure on family carers
The number of frail elderly and disabled people receiving care at home has been slashed by a third in just five years as councils have reined in spending because of pressure from budget cuts, a new study shows.
The squeeze in overall numbers receiving care in England comes at a time when the numbers of older people has been growing almost twice as fast as the general population.
New NHS drugs policy could see elderly denied treatment
Thursday 09 January 2014
New drugs will only be made available on the NHS if they help people deemed to be a benefit to society under proposals that prompted fears elderly people could be denied treatment.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is due to change how it decides which drugs can be provided by the health service.
